It was until my third year deer hunting here in Illinois for me to get a deer. However, I only hunted gun season, which equals a whole 7 days out of the year.

It is a pretty funny story actually. Opening day, my first year out, I saw 2 yearlings with their mother right at sunrise. The big old mama doe stayed about 50 yards away, but the two yearlings came under the stand about 2-3 yards away. I passed on those because, HECK, it was first season opening day. Turns out, I don't see another deer during season from the stand until my third year out. However, since that 3rd year, I have only been stumped one other year since then, so like 6 out of the last 7 years I have tagged at least one. My best being 2 years ago and this season. A 140 class 8-point mainframe with a 14 inch G2, and on Friday I got a 118 inch 8-point mainframe.

....So the way I see it is: Good things come to those who wait.


GOOD LUCK!!